Posts tagged ‘Nadia Ksaiba’

Now fully settled into their new home at The Drop, Nadia Ksaiba, Rory Phillips and Thomas Whitehead return to the party basement for their monthly dance affair, fast becoming an East London institution. This month they are pleased to welcome back Matt Waites, who, as Moscow has released a string of excellent 12” on Low recordings, Endless Flight and remixes for In Flagranti and The Chap as well as recording material with Nadia as G&S, not only is he a super talented producer, he’s one of the best DJs around too. You can expect to hear a wild and wonderful celebration of genres from disco, post punk, early house and beyond, accompanied by a suitably wild visual mix constructed each month by resident DJ and designer Thomas Whitehead.

Now fully settled into their new home at The Drop, Nadia Ksaiba (Our Disco), Rory Phillips (Our Disco/Durrr) and Thomas Whitehead (Savage Beach) return to the party basement for their monthly dance party, fast becoming an East London institution. Whether road testing new material and custom edits from their studios, or unearthing gems from the dustier ends of their record collections, you can expect to hear a wild and wonderful celebration of genres from disco, post punk, early house and beyond, accompanied by a suitably wild visual mix constructed each month by resident DJ and designer Thomas Whitehead.

Say Yes’ monthly residency at the Drop returns for what promises to be another spectacular dance off. With a soundtrack spanning a wild and wonderful spectrum of genres and special guest DJ Krikor (Paris) alongside residents Nadia Ksaiba and Thomas Whitehead. Krikor Kouchian has released a string of 12″s over the past decade for various labels including Kill the DJ, Tigersushi and Dirty with his edit of Q Lazzarus – Good Bye Horses, the final track on Silence of the Lambs, a long lost forgotten gem.

Krikor has released records from Pilooski on his own label Omerta Registrazione and remixed many tracks including Ark and Chloe (who he collabrates with as Plein Soleil, releasing records on Playhouse.) His Debut album “Land of Truth”, released as Krikor and the Dead Hillbillies confounds expectations of rockabilly revivalism, instead giving an insight into days holed up in The Conservatoire de Paris studying composition. Singles (and proven Say Yes dance floor hits) ‘God will Break it All’ and ‘Crackboy” display the perfect mix of all the best bits of music, much like his DJ sets comprising of plenty of the early house, vintage drum machines, minimal and industrial sounds we love so much.

In it’s second year, Land of Kings Festival covered more than ten venues in Dalston, showcasing over 60 artists including our own Rory Phillips and Disco3000 (Aka Erol Alkan). With just one wristband, you have access to all the venues on Friday 23rd April 2010. This time we will have the whole Say Yes crew in tow taking over the Stone Cave with a live performance from the incredible Looney Tunes /Kraftwerk face off that is Gyratory System and a rare DJ set from enigmatic Kindness and newcomers Savage Beach, alongside Residents Rory Phillips and Nadia Ksaiba.

And don’t forget the first Say Yes of 2010 takes place at new home “The Drop” with G&S (Dissident/Codek) Rory Phillips and Thomas Whitehead.